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CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



Nemotherus Raf. Pectoral fins filiform, placed very 

 near each other towards the throat ; ventrals and 

 anal fins wanting ; caudal fin lunate^ with a very- 

 long filiform ray in the middle. 



N. erythropterus. Raf., Specchio, i. p. 101, . 



4. SuBFAM, OPHIDINE. 



Body much thicker, anguilliform ; fins more or less 

 fleshy ; ventral fins none ; dorsal and anal fins united ; 

 caudal obsolete. 



FiERASFEB Cuv. {fig. 77-) Body hyaline ; snout very 

 obtuse ; eyes small ; no cirri. 



maculatus. Sw. App. 



acus. Risso, L 82. pi. 4. 11. 



Ophidium Linn. (fig.'JS.^ 

 Body anguilliform, o- 

 paque ; eyes very large ; 

 throat furnished with 

 cirri, 

 barbatum. Bl. 159.* 



^(/^.78.)_ 

 Vassalli. Risso, Nice. L 

 p. 97. 



5. SuBFAM. STYLEPHORIN^. 



Eyes pedunculated. 



Stylephorus Shaw. Body anguilliform, " very long, 

 compressed ; eyes pedunculated, standing on a short, 

 thick cylinder; snout lengthened ; directed upwards, 

 retractile towards the head ; mouth without teeth ; 

 pectoral fins small ; dorsal the length of the back j;" 

 '• caudal vertical, as in Trachypterus, but shorter|,-" 

 the extremity of the tail prolonged into a slender 

 filament longer than the body. 



S. chordatus Shaw. Linn. Tr. i. 90. pi. 6. 



* Cuvier and all authors describe this species as having four distinct bar- 

 bets, whereas there is in reality only one, divided at its base into four fila- 

 ments : no good representation yet exists of this species. 



f Shaw t Cuvier. 



